United Comics (1940/1950) 14

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Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, John Hix and Raeburn van Buren. The comic-strip adventures of aspiring model Fritzi Ritz and her boyfriend, the bumbling Phil Fumble. Fritzi envisions Phil if he were tall and handsome. Phil and Fritzi go to "The Jive Hive" to hear the "jitterbugs" speak their beatnik lingo. Phil dances with every girl at the party, in a strip that showcases Bushmiller's "good girl" art. Bathless Groggins is protected by a Shmoe - a "L'il Abner"'type with a sarong and a prehensile tail - in an Abbie an' Slats strip with art by Raeburn van Buren. Plus the Ripley-like Strange as It Seems. Fritzi Ritz; Abbie an' Slats; Stamp Tips; Strange as It Seems. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.